Nabataea

English

Alternative forms

• Nabatea

Proper noun

Nabataea

1. (historical) The Nabataean Kingdom; the land of the Arab Nabataeans, in present-day Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria.

   Synonyms: Nabataean Kingdom, Kingdom of Nabataea

   • 1999, James S. Jeffers, The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era‎^[1], InterVarsity Press (IVP Academic), page 118:

     Germanicus met with the legate (governor) of Syria, the king of Nabataea and ambassadors from the king of Parthia, whose kingdom lay to the east of Palestine.

   • 2012, Tobias Churton, The Mysteries of John the Baptist, Simon and Schuster, unnumbered page:

     The marriage had settled long-running conflicts between his^{[Herod Antipas's]} kingdom and Nabataea. Maintaining reasonable relations with Nabataea suited the Romans.

   • 2013, Norman Gelb, Herod the Great, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, page 121:

     Aware of Syllaeus's involvement, Herod demanded that he deny the raiders refuge in Nabataea. He also called for repayment of the substantial loan he had made to Nabataea's king.

Further reading

• Arabia Petraea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of Nabataean kings on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nabataeans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Petra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia